First of all, thank you for sharing the blessings of your children’s lives with us. Here at First Parish we truly believe it is an honor to play a role in nurturing the spirits, minds and emotions of all children who join us for worship, study and play. Each child in our program enriches the [read more...]
Thank you for volunteering to teach in our cooperative Religious Education Program. Teaching is one of the most important ways in which a church member can contribute to the health and well-being of the church as a whole. In fact, some see teaching as both a spiritual act, and as a commitment to social justice. [read more...]
At First Parish, our religious education curriculum is chosen to reflect a progression in a child’s spiritual development from preschool through 8th grade. A child’s beginning experience in church school addresses a basic understanding of church and faith, the 7 Unitarian Universalist Principles, issues of diversity and difference, and meaningful stories from the Bible and other [read more...]
Greetings and Welcome to the First Parish Religious Education Program
For 300 years our church has been an integral part of the community, encouraging spiritual exploration and growth for all. We continue this tradition through the careful and loving guidance of children and youth in our Religious Education program, designed for children from preschool through high school. Drawing from our deep heritage, children learn and grow here as they develop their own sense of faith, value, and identity through explorations of spiritual truth, meaning and experience.
| Recent posts from RE at First Parish | ||
|---|---|---|
 Youth – Taking a Stand on the Side of LoveThe senior youth group at the First Unitiarian Congregational Society in Brooklyn, New York led an educational service project focusing on the Standing on the Side of Love campaign. Â After teaching the congregation’s children about love and marriage equality, the group made Valentine’s cards to send to New York’s elected representatives who had voted to [read more...] |
 Random Acts of Kindness WeekDid you know that the week of February 13th is Random Acts of Kindness Week? Or that February 17th is Random Acts of Kindness Day? I know, it seems like we live in a world in which every day, week, and month  is marked off as a celebration of some seemingly arbitrary moment, action, person [read more...] |
 Key Figures in UU History: The Unitarian PoetFrances (Watkins) Harper of Baltimore, MD (1825-1911) Frances Harper was an African-American poet, writer, and political activist who worked hard to abolish slavery and promote full suffrage for all regardless of race or gender. Her most famous work, Iola Leroy, published in 1892, really illustrates her Unitarian theology in her representation of African-Americans who, by [read more...] |
| UU at Home | ||
|---|---|---|
Family Activites
|
Family Rituals
|
Words to Grow By
|
| © 2011 First Parish in Needham Unitarian Universalist | 23 Dedham Ave, Needham, MA 02492 781-444-0823 | Suffusion theme by Sayontan Sinha |
